There's a plate at 3rd base?What are the rules on blocking the plate at 3rd? 3B has his whole leg blocking the plate. Forced Waddell to slide around him and he couldn’t even get his hand to the bag because it got caught on the guys leg. Beat the throw by 2 steps and still gets called out.
If he decides he’s gonna slide feet first there that 3B isn’t playing any more baseball this year.
There's a plate at 3rd base?
Unless things have changed you can’t block the runner’s path to the base unless you possess the ball.What are the rules on blocking the plate at 3rd? 3B has his whole leg blocking the plate. Forced Waddell to slide around him and he couldn’t even get his hand to the bag because it got caught on the guys leg. Beat the throw by 2 steps and still gets called out.
If he decides he’s gonna slide feet first there that 3B isn’t playing any more baseball this year.
The last time we had back to back performances like this was last year against Wake when X fanned like 12 or 13 and CT fanned 17. Those performances were not as impressive as this weekend.Blanked UL in 17 straight innings now. Probably been awhile since we’ve done that to anybody let alone a Top 10 team on the road.
I feel so much better about the pen with English back at closer. I trust the starters to consistently go 6 or 7 for us, so we only really need 2 or 3 reliable bullpen pitchers. Right now, I trust English, Mannelly, and Chapman out of the pen and hopefully Hughes can regain his form.Good news... Brant Hurter is pitching tomorrow. Full bullpen [rested] springloaded to contribute as needed.
5-3 in conference play... we're doing alright!